The forest of Titis was more desolate than ever before.

　It was originally known as a demonic forest with many powerful demonic beasts, but now it had become an even more dangerous place in a circle.

　Needless to say, the cause was the appearance of the Hydra. And even after the original culprit, the Hydra, was defeated, the chaos never subsided. The poison left behind by the Hydra is still contaminating the forest, and the monsters that were driven out of their homes by it are now running rampant everywhere.

　Some of them were spilled out of the forest during the Stampede, but this is a small number compared to the total number of monsters in Titis.

　It was at that time that Lunamaria and Miroslav stepped into the forest.

　Their purpose was to raise the level. It goes without saying that the current forest of Titis is dangerous, but on the contrary, it is easy to encounter the magical beasts that usually lurk deep in the forest. It's the perfect opportunity to gain experience and raise your level - that's why Lunamaria agreed to Miroslav's suggestion. It could be said that she responded immediately.

　Normally Lunamaria would not have responded immediately, even if she were to respond to the other party's proposal.

　Until now, Lunamaria hadn't put any weight on levels. The level was only a result of working as an adventurer, and there was no idea of taking risks in order to raise the level.

　But now Lunamaria was obsessed with levels. In the mind of the Elven Sage, the earlier attack of the Onigashima forces was in the mind of the Elven Sage. It could be described as a memory of being twisted handlessly by Klimt Berch, one of the Blue Forest Bannermen.

　Neither martial arts nor magic had any effect on him. If Klimt had intended to kill him, Lunamaria's head and body would have been in tears by now.

　If you ask me, Klimt's level has reached '50'.

　Elgato, the head of the guild, who is regarded as the most talented adventurer in Ishqa, and a first-class adventurer, his level is '35'. The Duke of Dragnaught, who is touted as the strongest in Canary, probably hasn't even reached '50'.

　Level '50' was such a realm.

　Klimt is said to be the same age as Sora, so he has not yet turned 20 years old. The fact that such a young man could become a level '50' is astonishing, but Klimt's older sister, Cliya, who is the same age as Klimt, is said to be even more powerful than her younger brother in both level and strength.

　And the fact that even these two were only 'up-and-coming youngsters' in Onigashima left Lunamaria in a state of dismay.

　Now that there was a gap between Sora and Gokensha, it was quite possible that someone as good or better than Klimt and the others would attack them.

　I can't be of any use to them now. That's what Lunamaria thought, and she chose to raise her level, even if it meant taking a risk.

　However, there was a limit to this. No matter how many forest monsters Lunamaria and the others defeated, it was impossible for them to raise their levels by ten or twenty levels at once. Miroslav had raised four levels in a short period of time at Mount Skim earlier, but that was because of the secret technique of a large number of magic stones. If he wanted to reach level '50' in a legitimate way, it would take a decade of time. Of course, the swordsmen would not give me that kind of time.

　To put it bluntly, Lunamaria's current efforts were nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

　Lunamaria is aware of this fact. Still, one of the reasons she came to the forest was because she thought it was better than doing nothing. And another reason was that a certain idea that flashed in her mind prompted her to act.


'Master told me that the profound secret of the Illusionary Itto-ryu style, mind-dressing, is to govern the power of the same source of existence,' he said. If it's as I surmised, if it's related to the demon gate and the same source being, then fighting near the dragon hole that has the same properties as the demon gate...


　Even those outside of the Illusionary One-Sword School and the Goken family could perceive the same source existence. That was Lunamaria's guess.

　She thought about asking Sola to take her to the dragon pit, but speaking from her experience of going there several times, Sola abhorred the existence of the dragon pit. Probably, if she listened to Lunamaria's thoughts, she would oppose it.

　So he decided to go there on his own.

　Raising the level in the deep region was the first step. With his strength built up, he would challenge the dragon hole without relying on Sora.

　.........I know that it's too far-fetched to say hurry up. With the current competence of Lunamaria, not to mention the dragon's hole, it is difficult to even get out of the deep area.

　But I also think this is the only way to step into the same realm as Klimt, Crya, and Sora.

　What comes to mind is the joyful look on Sora's face when she trains with Crya.

　The blue eyes of Lunamaria's blue eyes showed a hint of impatience, not unlike a wise man's.